Sifiya Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Sifiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Sifiya (234) may also be a first name.
Sifiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sifiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sifiya (Hindi: सीफिया) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Sifiya.
How Common Is The Last Name Sifiya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sifiya are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 585,759th most widespread forename worldwide, borne by 234 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 91 percent are found and Sokoto, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 28 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sifiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sifiya in the Hindi language | ||
| सीफिया | siphiya | 50 |
| सीफीया | siphiya | 21.43 |
| सिफिया | siphiya | 21.43 |
| सूफिया | suphiya | 7.14 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sifiya
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